Mid East – Page 235 – Prologue Journal

Shrouds nonexistent in Gaza: Tragedy on top of tragedy

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The lack of burial shrouds is a heartbreaking reflection of the wider devastation that the people of Gaza are enduring. In a place where death has become an unrelenting presence, the deprivation of…

Sacrilegious savagery: Israeli settlers vandalize, set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. A group of Israeli settlers have vandalized a mosque and set it on fire in the northern West Bank village of Marda, media reports say. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/20/739418/West-Bank-Marda-Israel

US kills ISIS leader Abu Yusif in precision strike in Syria

Jerusalem Post The area where the strike happened was previously controlled by the Assad regime and Russia, according to CENTCOM. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-834279

Two journalists killed in Syria, pro-Kurdish party in Turkey says

Jerusalem Post In a speech in the Turkish parliament on Friday, Gulistan Kilic Kocyigit, co-chair of the DEM Party, condemned the killing of the journalists. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-834278

Greek church in Syria cancels events after ouster of government

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch in Syria has announced the cancellation of Christmas and other New Year celebrations, citing “current security conditions” after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/20/739408/Greek-Orthodox-Church-Syria-cancels-Christmas-celebrations-

Israeli PM Netanyahu is a ‘war criminal’, says Chilean president

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Chilean President Gabriel Boric has described Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “war criminal” over the Tel Aviv regime’s bloody onslaught against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/20/739409/Israeli-prime-minister-Netanyahu-is-a-%E2%80%98war-criminal%E2%80%99,-says-Chilean-president

US does ‘what the Israelis want’ on Palestine: Ex-diplomat says

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. A former US State Department official says he quit the administration of President Joe Biden earlier this year over its inaction on Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/20/739404/US-Mike-Casey-resign-Israel-Gaza-genocide

Ten Years Later, a Political Exile Returns to a Syria in Transition

New York Times In 2014, Sawsan Abou Zainedin left Syria during a civil war, while Bashar al-Assad was in power. Now, with rebel militants in control, Ms. Abou Zainedin is working on the country’s delicate political transformation. https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009877308/syria-democracy-activism.html

In Israel, the Center’s political will is set to resurge

Jerusalem Post MIDDLE ISRAEL: After this war’s fighters return from the front, they will produce a new political leadership that will salute, reward, and reconcile those who serve, contribute, and sacrifice. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-834205

US doubles occupation forces in Syria, may send delegates to meet with HTS

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The United States has more than doubled the number of its forces in Syria, and plans to send its own delegation to Damascus to meet with the head of the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham…